The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-05 00:00:00

_.«.* 17. Ni ,-- .S, e/- 2- GERMAN ACCOUNT OF TH.E i gx 4g4t t V ol .‘;` , l•4e6-: . 4e pt,.7 1 UPON THE DANNINVE lidEL, Feb. 4, Afteri*n. IIS In the attack upon tho Dannewerke, yesterday, .he Austrians stormed tht‘ positions of Bustorf and ; d e !, - but by still 14(11)01‘Z AND COUNTY BANKING CO3IPANY. I) ,:tr be Ca ; Established 1836. X1,5C0,0-0, in 30,000 Shares of 1-50 each. 441-11 ` £6OP,i 0). Reserve Fund, .ElOO,OOO. ... . _, • • ---..... ' - . ...... . • . 1 / 44.,.....:...... . .. .• . : •- , . t .:,,,,,,.._,- - ' .. j ,\- . ,;•,- ... , _ . ... .. 1 ' / 3 . •., . , - ,-. '; ,0 '' 'IV' • 'yki, t, ++,', ~ , . 4,* ' • . i , ",) -- ~, •a•V '- ':'%.::9 ' i i ' --.7 , . , ; •-, .s4l. 11 .- IfrN ' $., : Is , , • , . + •,..,,,,,,,, ~... ~,, ..• Wedelspang, unt Save one w )rk before them. Cannonading continues to-day. N°. 22.344. THE SUN, LONDON FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1864. PRICE .4d. STAMPED ....sd. An Irish Heiress in Chancery. 11.71 URN I s URE, UAW' KTS, B P:DDING. Hrici FLOORCLOTII, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or dis'ane,e Pirst• class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select rom, displayed in Showr( oms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted CLE EN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and . are publishinz an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, ill , ,strated by4lo admirable emzravings of every description of Furniture and Bed-tends, with prices attached. A copy sent gratis and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised tale WHERE CAN WE MEE(' AFIER THE PANTIIMI HES ? My dear Fellow, Gentlemen sup at EVANS', Covent-garden. Mr. Cobden and the Newspaper Press. From the .Manchester Guardian.) The Danish Commander-in-Chief. Royal National Lifeboat Institution, - On Monday, the Irish Iqaster of the Rolla made an order that Miss Mary Quin ton, n ruiner, resid ing near Tempo, in the cow lty of Fcrinsnegh, should be made a ward of noun t. It is stated th. 7 the young lady is entitled to a fortune of . - 1,10,0(T. It was stated on the part of tite yoring tine !,. ; that she was about to contra , : a marriage witll young man named Dti..niel Putt ram], whereupon, hi 3 Honour made e.ri ortlr restraililing h.t.r ErfAr t co r,. tracting sucl - a Pas 111=our ordered the fat: c; Lad inotti er of th , :l inters • bride ironer, as wed as the par - Gl'. himself, to atte Yesterday a meeting of this institution was held at its house, John-street, Melphi, Thomas Baring, Es., M.P., F.R.S., in the chair. There were also present Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., Sir Edward l'errott, Bart., George Lyall, Esq., M.P., Colonel Fitzroy Clayton, W. H. Harton, Esq., and Captain Ward, R,N., inspector of lifeboats to the institu tion. K INAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRL3ii WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by the Agents in the principal towns .n England; or wholesale at 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STRE 41T, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." i\fer. Lewis, the seetary, read the minutes of the previous nvz_•m.in ff. A reward of £l3 was voted to the crew cf the institution's lifeboat stationed at Palling, Norfolk. for pitting off and saving the crew of three men from the Prussian sloop Annette Catherine, of Groningen, which was observed in distress off Pall ing, during stormy weather, on the 511. January. A reward of £l5 was also voted to the crew of the Newbiggin (Northumberland) lifeboat of the society, for going off and saving fourteen men and one woman belonging to the Norwegian barque King Oscar, which, daring the thick and stormy weather, had struck on Newbiggin Point on the night of the 11th of January. A reward of £33 was likewise voted to the crew of the lifeboat of the institution at %Vhitburn, Durham, for going off, on the night of the 13th ult., and saving seven men from the steam-tug Rob Roy, of Sunfierland, which had struck on the Steel Rock. off Whitbarn, and afterwards became a total wreck. A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-ro, , med ditto A Twelve-roomed dltto '49l 11 0 Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 1 vol., .~=.~d Together with a erica List of purified nehling, and a mass of valnable informationto all requiring InusehMd Iu rniture, carpets, or bedding. Ref erenc,es kindly pernai tiel to C'er,,,y men and aen tl , ,men in or near Great Malvern. Southampton, Chiches•ee. Bury, El', Preston, Grimsby, illyde, Plymouth, Wells, Ox'ora BrAphton, Gainsbormyrh, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridie, - , taines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, ht. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 oilier places in all parts of G, eat Britain. . YOUNG ARTIST'S LIFE " We praise this story of 'A Young Artist's Life' for its simple, truthful beauty. We are sure that it will not plead in vain among all lovers of true taste and feeling."— Herald. at hi , ' emir; Wei.7.needay. The : - .onng latly an .:1 Mr. Peterson, jinn., bald Mr. Carson und.os of Miss . Mr. Al , . were is attendance, but trio. young rash's p 5„,.. • d:d not appear. His Honour said be wcuid tA pend the attechtnent if the you ng lady wils to go back to her own rt7latives until the mutter wa, - .; disposed of on affidavits. Mr. Exhare, Q.C.—She saye she will not go back to her uncle, that he threatened her. His Honour.—l am row about to commit every one of the parties to custoay. I will send the father and mother of the young man to gaol. Mr. Walshe, Q,C., said Mrs.PeterseFA had come to the house of the relatives of 11• ;ii-:s Quinton, and carried her away on a oar. Mr. Exham, Q.C.—Mr. Dane will give a personal lin.. dertaking that it the young lady is permitted to go to Verdon's Hotel, where he was staying, and occupy apartments there, he w:11 tot allow any of the Peterson family to see her, His Honour said Lira the scandalous and disgraceful proceedings on the part of the farri:y of the young man should be el:. plained. He supposed that the young man VVF.LtQI to marry the yenn,r; lady, he net having a penny. Miss Quinton—My lord, I will not go to either of my uncles. His Honour made an ordr, after acre discussion, that Mr. Quinton should take the young lady to the Verdon Hotel, where Mr. Dane, the solicitor for the minor, was staying, and that she should hold no communication with any person save Mr. Dane and Mr. Quinton, and especially no corn. munication with the Peterson family. "This story is told in an admirable manner. A more in teresting narrative we have seldom read."—Observer. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now re .dy, in 2 vols., 21 5. , TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER'S WIFE IN INDIA, CHINA, AND NEW ZEALAND. By Mrs. MUTE It, wife of Lieutenant- Colonel MUTER. . COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, B.E, London : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. QTEAM from LONDON to NEW YORK, he British and American Steam Navigation Company (Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned Splendid Fast Screw Steamers TWICE EACH MONTH for New York : ---- --- " Mrs. Muter's travels deserve to be recommended as com bining. instruction and amusement in a more than ordinary degree. The work has the interest of a romance added to that of history."—Athenaeum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Tons. Horse Power. LONDON 2 5OO ..... 500 Capt. GLOVER. WESTMINSTER 2,500 ..... 500 ..... Capt. Couch DUBLIN 2,500 ..... 500 ..... Capt. FRoun. 1 5 T.14:W YORK 2,500 ..... 500 .. apt. HARRIS. Now ready, in 2 vol s., post Bvo., MEADOWLEIGH. A NOVEL. By the Author of "The Ladies of Bever Hollow." These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going* steamer, and have accommodation for passengers re plete witn every comfort. The Line will commence early in March ; the exact dare to be fixed in a atter annoancerneut. To load in the Victoria Docks. " • Meadowleigh ' is a delightful story. It has the ease, grace, and simplicity which characterise the writer's style, and combines with them considerable and well- ustained in trinsic interest."—Morning Post. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents, Alfred Laming and CI., 70, Cornhill. Now ready at all the Libraries, crown Bvo., price 65., BEAUTIES OF TROPICAL SCENERY; Lyrical Sketches and Lore Songs. With Notes. A reward of £4 10s. was also granted to the crew of the Brightstone Grange, Isle of Wight, lifeboat of the institution, for patting off and rescuing the crew of four men from a small boat belonging to the schooner Thetis, of London, which had foun dered during stormy weather off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, on the 19th January. The cost of this lifeboat was presented to the institution by the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, and since she has been on the station she has been the means of rescuing 138 lives from shipwreck. A reward of £4 was also voted to the crew of the Newcastle, Dundrum Bay, lifeboat belonging to the society, for going off and saving two of the crew of the barque Hamilton Gray, of Liverpool, which was totally wrecked during a heavy gale of wind in Duncirura Bar, on the 2d ult. Rewards amounting to £l3 13s. were likewise granted to the crew of the society's lifeboats at Tyrella, Dandrum Bay, and at Porthcawl, for put ting off in reply to signals of distress from vessels, which did not, however, ultimately require the ser vices of the boats. THE LUDGATE-HILL VIADUCT. N ORWICH UNION FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES NOTICE OF REMOVAL. By R. N. DUNBAR. " This work contains many beauties."—Morning Post. "He gives R•rac ful descriptions of scenes and objects, in teresting to a large portion of' the public."—Observer. "The amatory passages are worthy of Thomas Moore."— Critic. The Dl•ectors hereby give notice, the, in consequence of the immediate extension of the London, Ch ,tham, and Dover Railway, they have vac ited their offices, No. 6, Crescent, New Bridge-street, and REMOVED to their NEW PREMISES, No. 29, Fleet-street, E.C, February 4, 1864. London: Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. THE CREDIT FONCIER (Limitaii).— LAND CREDIT COMPANY for GREAT BRITAIN This day, at all Libraries, in 2 vols., THE SMUGGLER CHIEF. By GUSTAVE AIMARD. " ' The Smuggler Chief' is cert ,inly the best novel which Gustave Aimard has written, There is the usu d amount of rapid incident, of exciting - adventure, of magnificent descrip tion. But the plot is more ineenious, the characters more varied and interesting."—Morning Post, Feb. 3. London : John Maxwe:l and Co., 122, Fleet-street. and TRET,AND. Tile MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited) are prepared tZirecel , e Subscriptions for the Capital of the Cred t Fonder (Limited). To be Inc ,rporated under "The Companies Act, 1862." Capital £3,000,000, in 30,000 Shares of .£ICO each. First Issue, 10,100 Shares. Deposit on application, £1 per Share, and £2 on allotment. Subsequent calls n , ,t to exceed £5 per share, and at intervals SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, TATTERSALLS'.- LAST EVENING. CITY AND et:BURMAN. 20 to 1 agst Liston (taken) 60 to 1 agst Trumps (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Accident (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Anfield (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered) 25 to 1 agst Muezzin (takin and offered) 25 to 1 agst Tooi Tooi (take 30 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Durham (taken) 40 to 1 agst Tattoo (taken) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 27 to 2 agst Coast Guard (taken) 14 to 1 agst Paris (taken) 15 to 1 agst Cambuscn (offered) 28 to 1 agst Idler (taken) 30 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Baragah (taken) of not less than three months. It is not intended to call up more than .£2O per Share; but as the op rat one of the Company inc . ease, and more share capital can be advantageously employed, further issues of shares will be made, a preference being given to the then existing Shareholders. The Mercantile Credit Association (Limited) will act as Financial Agents. DIRECTORS OF THE MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (LIMITED) Xenophon Balli, Esq., Merchant, London. Thomas Dakin, Esq., Alderman, Abchurch-lene. James Dickson, Esq. (Messrs. Lenox, Nephew, and Co., This Day, in Two Vols., Demy Octavo, 325 . , F ORTY YEARS IN AMERICA. By THOMAS LOW NICHOLS. M.D. "Few men in Americt have had wider or bet er opportu nities for observing the Life, Progress. and Disruption of a Great Nation than Dr. Nichols has enjoyed for nearly half a centuay. He has resided in twility-three States, and is per sonally acq ,ainted with the most influential men of al , parties. From an impartial stand-point he sees e , ents clearly, and in these volumes he gives the world the results of Forty Years of Almeria in Life.' " London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. . _ . London). William H. Harford, Esq. (Messrs. Sir W. Miles, Bart., and Co., Bristol). _ P. D. Hadow, Esq., Deputy Chairman Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. George F. Holroyd, Esq., Director of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway Company. J. G. Homere, Esq., Merchant, London. P. Prondfoot, Esq., lits•nchester. James Pim, Esq., Dublin. Joseph Thornton, Esq., Beaver Hall, Southgate. F. G. Westmorland, Esq. (C. Joyce and Co.), London. Alfred Wilson, Esq., Director of the Bank of London. Michael Zarifi, Esq. (Zariti Brothers), London. NOTIC E.- MADELEINE GRAHAM. the New Novel of Life and Manners, by the Author of " Wnitefriars," is now ready at all Libraries, in 3 Vola Price 31s 6d. London: John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. %A A i "l'ryri t 1 IRECToRS. ?1111 1, ghala Bernard, John Fleming, Esq. J e lig 4 it l'at te „ „, Frederick Harrison, Esq. tiq /'V illl u ali i ul3 l , Esq. William liuggins, Esq. toj et 'Ain:leder, Champion Jones, C. Esq. Esq. chi ld James Laming, Esq. er s , Esq., William Lee, Esq., M.P. William Nicol, Esq., M.P. Ge neral Ma n a er — Willi,m M'Kewan. Esq. , Chief I 418istail, nSpectorW. J. Norfolk, Esq. 48pecet.ohirureteneral M anager —William Howard, Esq. Accountant —Jam, s Gray, EN- S Of Bratiches -H. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherrin,4, Esq. Nr i ll , j e AN A , sT u A 5 `, l° lfice--'l, Lombard-street. the lEETING of the Proprietors, held on qt P t late. 4 "u February Is 6 at the London Taver.„ t et, the follow', eg Report lot the year ending , ',tuber, 186 • IY ILL/ A • u . _ was read by the Secret , ry,. 11 1 ti , ILOL, Esq • 31. P., .n the Chair. Oetorg REPORT. 4t ' 417 41 ' for' n , submitting to the proprietors the accounts 14 4 "e so t 'lie half-yea - 1. ending 31st December, 1863, ( it ti oath s, A,,Slaction in reporting that the net profit for the Ilii!'4:Whiel;77 d educting ail charges amounts to £s4 325 % l et ee eot! ded to £• 4 343 3s 8d brought forward from t, resuks • Olettd B tut% a total of £98,661 3s. 1 d. t lEtt o (ip er ue Directors recommend that the usual d te r to,gether ith a bonus ot 6 per cent., "1 ° "t la t• "'e half -year, makin with the dividend paid t cit!" 41 .i , ... 8 " . 18 per cent for the year. They further pro le". 41 t * 1 4 41 avi ntr xv , the reserve fund, making that fund 1, 4 tp l EIY a ce° 0 . 6 68 35. 100. to be carried forward to profit k vk L aequ en ant of the great increase of the business of the tstheott,ltta,tet-iicei,ocrs consider it advisable further to increase Alt il ' e d pr o rata°lol:lany, by the issue of 7,5'.0 new shares, I,4llettoioer,,n amongst the t.roprietors as they ap 10,4ilat „ks - '4l7 t er on the 3d instant, the date when tne ci4 i t. re prise eCompany were closed, such shares to be oki,sileipar„__ola.£r4o each, being a . premium of £2op iy r 0841 ach ", s `t l _ ll . s of the issue will be transmitted mati o „l' ,o Prieto r . Nlgted e (lea t oo w t O produce £300,000, out of which £ 150,000 tzkApa Prer niu capital of the Company, an tolsooo 4ta4 1 .. ro on the shares) will be addedthe re ,4ebt-jagetl,`,l, the former to £750,000 , and the latter to 110 it; t etcili' re "xle etton Z r et having to announce the decease of s t , for many years one of the auditors of t 44 the poorer Creat es a vacancy in the auditorship, which ettOrrelliTe meeting to fill up. Phiup by rotation are— a Patton Blythe, Esq„ rd Huggins, EN., and i re Ztitliam Lee, Esq., M.P., tred ' ` m g i ble for re-election, and offer themselves t he 4,.tlexat °e Rhea be Payable at the Head Office, or at any Gp a -A uit eater Monday, the 15th instant, to ltto B ALANCE SHEET k AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, „04,,7.%., ST DECEMBER, 1863. ett k i t Ete tt , Paid ti ,„, 4600,000 0 0 r .............. F u ' e g; 90,000 0 0 1 . 0 4 !it ti t: r Cast ) , , • ere 4 eo o , 'tlee ...... 48,245,722 9 4 ty t , eild 2 3 2 , accep t .. 4)4 4 8 11 a0k7 8 9 1 elltS t h(lq rid Lett ular ers "` ..... of T 6 t pto &t •.. 1,088,916 1 9 9,334,638 11 1 li ght ' 6BB balanc e 1%0 0 , huh., last 0 an. 1, 1 1 1, 34 *.. . PFloft .. . • ... • . 414,343 3 8 e " , aft I°l. the 414 „? 1 ' e ! mak.. m4bttai deb 8 uebts, 227,239 9 7 ----- 241,682 13 3 11 410,266,221 4 4 81•OCao4 4 1144 C 1 at PT bra ta —ead 4tkita. at :ed ehes..ll and£l 238 139 1 3 .4 c ......... 1,066,002 7 2 „ v eeth, vob -4 14; • L2,304,141 8 5 t y kk .44 1 Itteed , at and ,tti let st ocks 7 4pi ti at eek •• • • £839,158 16 9 t 'el 8 aild Ni tro 'l 110,936 17 9 64 11 . 4 ted Yi p 4 14 t 'Lie and advances to ell - Bha l tlNA () Wll. a n d yhPrery ... 6,784,844 14 6 ola o :, rn isea in Lombard-street pJty Al.,ane, freehold and leashold t 4 e1. 411 14 le branches, with fixtures ) 11 1 4" PaiCt . ; ..... 110,630 18 7 , ft n. eft % to • 0 Customers tkx', a nd ail other expenses at Head „ ura ti „, es , including income "' and salaries 66.721 1 2 To. bp ' ' £ 10,266,321 4 4 1 0tete Pk r , ------- z l st oe st pm ci - IT .li.llD Loss ACCOUNT. teb 4 48, 4 t o customers t N l k le tl °II bill ib°ve 66,721 1 2 1 te tt f,. -8 ri ot due, carried to new . 1 %1 "' .. 26,400 1 1 , ,, 1 1 ,, ta,., l'I)0 4 "ekl of Per cent. for the half-year ;36,000 0 0 ,tried Per cen 36,000 0 0 forward' 16,668 310 t t -- 4, 4 8. £241,582 13 3 0 511 ti 4 i lle° tf t , ----- 3 ' ak ti '.., right forward from last ae plti: tirolg' 01 4 8 iit.,,, t i for the half year, after ', N ... ti ou for bad and doubtful ........ 227,239 9 7 la \'4 , th -tice. ike e eNetti £211,682 13 3 ~ ) k ( e N t l, 0 /1 ,,q, have examined the foregoing ba 14'11 - ill 't o.1 1' " found the same to be correct. l'h (I°l4 4 JOHN UPRIGHT, the it ?,to ro. Irti ~,, RH. SWAINE, Auditors. klo ":4!",,,,‘111-tItY flank R. I January, ), 1 ,: Pt i, 1 ,: -° 4 e 0) P 0 „ rt h 1 ' .z Bt been read by the Secretary, 1, 1 1 T -‘c ti, 6-,llo us av ‘ve n re proposed, and unanimously 41 2, i',e 01 t i l ier. L ato e ll k 'it 4, 1 e . 8 11 . 4be received and adopted, and printed for t‘ te e h of tikVide ,olders 4tttil i et -' t" e e ll- " 6 Per cent be declared upon the cap s i- Nip ° i g „,, l ta, t2llaDany for the half-year ending the 3lt rel,l'ule°llle tag,"K ether with bonus of 6 per cent.,both_ ,11,1tcavallatr'paciitaaY•ahle on alter M..nday, 15th I. eb ‘oll 0 thi l t . t Pe Nii ‘ t balance acct t f L un l6 t ,.i 68 4 sop:4),s, ton and t 35. 10d. be , °B l ,' ' ' s n q. e , w be re-elected a Director Lt li,ecte,,t shit : Of t Edniund ' Hii,,crgins, Esq., be re-elected 'te - ,1 , t lir,.! liii.,`"°t°,. pant ; that William Lee, Esq., 31.1.., tkijieeted'ull lii„ ° ,,, t' this Company. . tio„at wifkaditer''.. aloe and John Wright, Esquires, t,,' illlddtar ti isi s i.or the current year. 0.4 tit the III „, Ort nan , _, .- 8 be elected an auditar of the , h,teet th ''Y tankin q " for the current year )14 4 ° 6 4 tor k i ts Of this c P 111.4 1 111 dt el the t ? able ~,,g t st tt lte el l t,e, thav—Pany. Meeting om _ ny bgiven to the Board cm —antler in which they have conducted Oh 'as Ce;s B at the Meeting be presented to the ti‘at'At t h -VarlY, for their services during the past 11.7'ai l te th to , k ki ‘llO ' 8q '"" Of thi 1, ' 1 1144 °ti le 't the G e 8 leetiii gbe presented to William *lt. r oft_ heral Manager, and aiso to thepri n n: 011 a vh ich oers of the establishment, for the zeala a Nrt tth it , t heY have discharged their respective It 't}1.1.1 e( 1 1 1. 1 141 1 ha v i (S igned) W. NICOL, Chairmtt v n e . lo t ilet,t,he eo nai ?iteoh n s f quitted the chair, it was resol ci, t e t t aral th Y• ,i k ,4l !ii ao . 1, t eq., 4ti)fs of. this Meeting be pr o e u s s en co te n d u r t tt4 l 4 ' . _ P. for his able ana courte . d q"ortitiLTlON JONES, Deputy Chairman. (si_ !lutes. °Ni t , "a) I`. CLAPPISON, Secretary. 1 4 , 'JN ,11r1j)411c, :111d COUN i'Y BANKING CoM ' t., ~, xicE is HEREBY GIVEN, that a litiediteihe;"l.'he Capital of The Company of Six per Viki st; l4 th With a Bonus of Six per . Cent. for the Half tt Itt il 're . e alst D Outly 4 , , cither December, 1863, will be PAID to the , 1: 14 i th e c at the -sad Office. 21, Lombard-street, ' t he I ' s 'll3l3Bl :Ts Branch Banks, on and after .1 t _ 15th instant. \ Z i to Y order of the Board, 1, 14b4rd'at W.Feb W AN, General Manager. tk ' q r eet, Pb. 4, 1864. li 4 S D1)1 V I N T „, 1 1 1 ' I tithl th e AGE WINE COMPANY +it, ev ery ctablic, at a small advance on wholesale h t si vizi escription of Wines and Spirits. Terms, t' I'INIAGE CO p 1 ,•,A4 (0 , „ . ---...1DA SHERRY .. at 185. per doz. ,1 1 - li,‘, , vtA, - - , uu k MPAGNE.. ...... ~ 275. ~ ,Atilkte\lr,`,A,-N, CLARET ........ ...... ~ 1 .s. ~ '°4 tlt ' it 4 rl ' ,C -1 PORT from 208. , ttt,StriCil Testimonials, together with the 'Bus t' h ,41) Di inla naa, containing full detailed Price List, ' , l t ,, v t „, - , atio n • , i.niz en Wine sent Carriage Free. IN e Oxford-st re,7-street d orset south of ' . tio,u l . Tti - -- 41 1 1 1 , t OLD -ESTABLISHED ON GEERAL REGISTRY 1 ( 131i Plem -li i tlib e -- FOR T SERVANTS. I I) N I 8. /f. b is ill y li ta botto TINGUISHED PATRONAGE.) , 4 tl t , ll tre r , e ,gai r i V AN, 56, BROMPTON-ROAD. k.rgoi tt .q 4 lig' Servants are respectfully sol . cited to et, to t g alw a at a fo r Ya a large supply on the books. fie r Se ll . ( 'ant e ants during the past year, 1,760. ti ato 8,,1y li °tan forwarded on application. Nillebigttribe7Bllours from 10 till 4 daily, rtll„ e ' of e: t t eti G_o.e Guinea supplied with every alas 4,„ vDer ger, "large. 1 ,b ants, ss. ; Under do., 2s. 6d. tll il l 41., A kkSi 't o r -1, to,,NtliN, 4„ilitr.o,ti -r-iSKELL'S INVENTION in kih t r 41 1Plitar: ri of ARTIFICIAL TEETH has the ti • 4 1e et rtieet,^,,-,!,—A set of teeth, of excellent work til.N,Ntleaceor"a'o-aro, can be made and fitted with the 41 4 ,410, 1 N ot Y and success, in a few hours, without N ri , t Nat 11 and stu roP3, and to answer all the purposes 4, 1, 4 lia, pie,B articulation. They are fitted without kl` th l 'leil re aey a r ' e r nii adapt themselves so perfectly to the t2o, ..e4 4 r, i , s _ Tote i mmoveable, except at the option (le li t i leth i'atids or residents in the country can ad tpo;ta,adThine anY of the mouth without the 1 4 41 te, 1 1N0,,`il la at ..); are not so b ; iable to injury, are always ', I N go „g lit _ . Bennie. Comfort guaranteed. Trea -401 it oi lh %peel'. X•kell's Patent, ete.free for 7 stamps. h 44 1, 'atreetitlientod consultations', ree. B,Grosvenor k. tt t 1 % i'v ; and at Ii), Bennett's-hill, Bir -1 E m , r , 4 .4 e t ,' t; nA L —INTERNATIONAL IS 1,,,,, -'uXHIBITION, 1862. T o 'Clitl , t :t h th e ~, ' & CO., Wax Chandlers, &c., drc., „at," .).„ ' 4Ue en and the P,ince of Wales. N a t , l'o t 410 tt, ,P, Report (Established 17?0.) IA eto r „ue eit,,,, on Wax and Church Candles,ln 1862, i ll eit i tql. `• - "erioe of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' IV tr k ''lll, ll ,b, ttd i , ed b i <k A ` - ' O ., oi l taltary, in a letter addressed to Francis 1, 1 o.. Nth . T .,, s ubject of 4,.. 11 14, 11 11 , - "'S With PLATTED WICKS, 'to'Yo l '" fon 1,1,,(10,,ag,tnt theta fall ays :—. W l NCqii `Za theaTu Y equal to the recommendation tit,01 4 , 1 , th e oie,,and can sincerely, in my tutn, corn , \, 4 11,,,ty , „ r, -,Y to the use of the altar." ;tt . ,?: , ,,t 1 1, 14 . 11fy 41 Platted Wicks, patented., d. per lb. Waal '&111 . , • • .. . Od. per lb. CANDLES, • • • Cite (111 4, 1. '1 1 ,41 . 4 ' • .. .. • • ~ .. Is. sd. per lb. Ne D I , •• .. •• .. .. Is. 3d. per lb. liti, 41c1 in rondo" • • .. .. .. ls. id. per lb. ko, 74:1. Molt 14, 14 ' ,Itit.b A siti , rseh : on Orders of Five Pounds in value. t he " t olto `"CIS Tt CRER AND CO.. gea t ii, 4enainiGroavenor-square. Manufactory— oo ( Established 1730). o.,__Tlient in England for the Manufacture ' 4 4vtles for the uee of the Altar. , iti bes t ! )ite too" , 3 6 ;8 0; P er 4t'g f° o e r o jd, - ); t 14 1 1 0 1 We 00 36 0 .0 :3 00 ip t l Y t° /0 41 rilalto' a o ' 4 i j o _o' °:D o O. Orr' 'Ol e° l ot 04 ° , 4 bY fl 0P ( a( o' •ty p• r #°fill P atel° 10 14 70 fo lly AO , ll lit l ir 00a4_,4ePIP DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. JAMES S MART WORTLEY, Chairman. I ord Otho Fitzgerald, Director of the Midland Great Western Rail way of Ireland. The Hon. T. C. Haliburton, M.P. Edward Warner, E cl., Joseph Boyce, Esq., Director of the Royal Bank of Ireland. Alexander Dunbar, Esq., 57, Old Broad-street. Alexander Boyle, Esq. (Messrs. Boyle, Low, Murray, and Co., Bankers), Dublin. Charles Ellis, Esq., Lloyd's. Adolphe Hakim, Esq. (Messrs. Pinto, Hakim Brothers, and Co.), London. James Levick, Esq., 9, Kiaa's Arms-yard. James Pim, Esq. (Messrs. James Pim and Co.), Dublin. Henry Pownall, Esq., Russell-square. John Westmorland, Esq., Director of the Royal Insurance Company, London. BANKERS. Messrs. Ma terman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. The Bank of London. Messrs. Hallett, Ommanney. ani Co., Westminster. The Royal Bank of Ireland, Dublin. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards and Co., Westminster. Messrs. Newbon, Evans, and Co., 28, Nicholas-lane. BROKERS. Messrs. Field, Son, and Wood, 9, Warnford-court, Throg- . . morton-street. Messrs. Robins and Barber, 29, Threadneedle-street. SECRETARY (pro tern.)—G. W. Bennwell, Esq. Temporary Offices—Offices of the Mercantile Credit Associa tion, 21, Threadneedle-street. PROSPECTUS. The great success which has attended the operations of the "Credit Foncier " in France is well known, and is evidenced by the tact that the original Shares (XlO paid)are now worth £5O in the market, the la•t dividend decl red being at the rate of 16 per cent. per annum, after providing a large reserve fund. A conviction of the tuivantages which would be derived from Ihe introduction of the same system into this country, and of the large profits attendant thereon, has I , d to the for mation of the "Credit Foncier ' for Great Britain and Ire land, which for Many months past has been under caretui consideration. Although the objects of this Company are to some extent identical with those of another undertaking re cently introduced, yet the field of operation is ample f tr both, and there a• e also certain lucrative branches of business pro posed to be undertaken by the "Credit Frontier " which do not anpear to have been contemplated by the Company re fe red to. The transactions of the Credit Companies recently estab lished range over a variety of interests, but they do not em brace the objects of the " Credit Fonder," as the daily ex perience of parties seeking for advances on landed securities suffioiently testifies. The "Credit Fonder " will receive mon cy on deposit at fixed rates, and will issue debentures for ling or short periods Advances will be made upon all kinds of in; crests in lands, buildings, and also upon approved securities, to be repaid as may be agreed upon. One of the main objects of this company will be to make advances upon the deposit of title deeds. Borrowers, to whom time is frequently of the utmost importance, will thus be enabled to obtain Loans for short periods, wit bout the delay and expense to which the , are now invariably subjected, and to avoid which a high rate of interest will readily be paid: from this source alone the Directors anticipate that consi derable profits will arise. In addition to the employment of its own resources, the " Credit Fonder" will act as agent between the capitalist an the borrower, and will, in such cases. for an adequate commission, if desired, guarantee the sufficiency of title and security. Whilst the commercial value of landed property will thus be enhanced, and every reasonable facility granted to bor rowers, the profits derivable from the various sources of revenue to arise from the transactions of the company will be such as to allow of the payment of large dividends to the shareholders, after making ample allowance for working ex penses a,,d a reserve fund. In the event of no allotment of shares being made, the de posit will be returned in full. Should a ess number of shares be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will be made available towards the payment on al iotment, and the balance, if any, returned to the applicant. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be obtained at the Offices of the Mercantile Cre it Association, 21, Threadneedle-street, of the Brokers, and of the Solicitors. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To be retained by the Bankers. No. To the Directors of the Cr dit Fonder (Limited). Gentlemen,—Having paid to your bankers• the sum of £—, being a depo.it of £1 per share on shares in the above Company, I hereby request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to accept such shares, or any less number you may allot to me ; an I I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to sign the Articles of Association of the om• any when required, and I authorise you to insert my name on the Register of Members for the number of shares allotted to me. Usual signature Name in full Residence Profession Date February, 1864 • Insert Banker's name. CANTERBURY HALL.—TUE GHOST in the MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of'the Trans formation Scenes cf the Season—one of the most beautiful effects ever produce& The scene, " The Tempe-4 z" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The flight of Ar.el throu"h the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public Press. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Fatah ishmnt as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by W. Randall, G. Hutcherson, J. Jester, T. Macla gan, Miss Nelly Power. &c. Admission, ad . ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA GRAND CIRQUE IMPERIAL, EVERY EVENING, at half-past 7 ; MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and SATUR DAY, at 2 o'clock PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!-INDIAN PIG MEAL, without husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor , and in every county in England, lOs 6d per owt. ; one cwt. equal to 1 cwt. bar'ey or any meal Delivered free in Lon don. Established 1858.— THOMAS PEA.RCE, Manager, 66, Lant-street, Southwark. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, v nd Dining-room, consisting of a new and ehegant assort ment VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks,4)belisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, Stc., in Italian, Aiabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &a Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, ri INERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate Vie interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY. nd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRITCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNAN r. at 149, Strand, W.C. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The gre3tcat and most useful invention of theday, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3. King-court, Lombard street, London. Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to thl public this truly marvellou , + fluid, which gradually restwes the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agna Amarrlfa has none of the properties of dyes; it, on the contrary, is beneficial t') the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in per'ect colour Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals unnoubted respecta bility, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal High ness the Princess of Wales. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMFDY.—Pre vared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who uffer from bilious .tnd aver complaints, indigestion, wind, • pasms, giddiness, :izziness of the eyes, &a For habitual ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier •1 the blood, they .re truly excellent ; mild in their opera ion and crateful to •be stomach, they create appe ire, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. mild by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, t haring-cross. London, and by most druggists , in boxes,le. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 25. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Zreen Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The g enuine are a square package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamD. THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING DINNER, consisting of Soup, Fish, Entrée, Joint, Sweet, kc., is served daily from 3 to 9, and on Sundays from 5 to 8.30. Private Rooms for large or small parties. JOHN CATES, Manager. The Wellington, St. James's-street. Entrance, 160, Piccadilly. THE OXFORD 0, OXFORD STREET, W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Itishop; also, from LA FORZA DEL DES LlNO—Verdi; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Miss es Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, 4% -Imsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, &c. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. Comedy, by W. Randall, W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, George Hutchenson, Miss Nelly Powur, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, supported by the entire company, a new and original Cantata, entitled "King Christmas. writ ten by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and composed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the estab , ishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. OYAL ALHAMBRA.- XV The best Male End Female Riders—the best Trained Horses—the Funniest Clowns—the Greatest Gymnasts —the Most Wonderful ELEPHANT in the whole World. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street.—Great Treat for the Juveniles during the Bolidays.—The series of Models of the Kings of England, from the Conqueror to that of her present 319jesty, attired in the magnificent costumes or their respective periods. Is now near y complete ; and in the Chamber of Physiognomy are several new additions. Admission, ;s. ; extra rooms, 6d . Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. AR GY L L ROOM S, Windmill street .. Piccadilly, IS OPEN EVERY EVENING. During the evening an unparalleled repertoire of Dance Music, Selections and Overtures, is performed by the cele brated Argyll Band, forty in number. Doors Open at half-past 8, commence at 9. Admission Manager, M. GRENET. ON CHLORATE OF POTASSA, AND ITS USE IN OXYDISINO THE BLOOD. TAR J. P. SARGEAN'r, M.R.C.S., and L.S.A. DR (1836, will shortly repeat his Lecture on this subject at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly, and w,ll satisfactorily prove that Chlorate of Potassa, (as prepared by passing chlorine through a mixture of quick-lime and H ater, and subsequently boiling a long time with Chloride of Potasslum' is a most active remedy for oxydising th- blood, and restoring vitality to the low, vitiated state of the nervous system, and is there fore calculated to supe. sede the use of iron. mermry, quinine, and sarsaparilla. - 56, Gower-street, Bedford-square, London. SHORTHAND. -PITMAN'S PHONOGRA PHIC TEACHER. 6d. ; free by post, 7d. S EiORTHAND.-PITM AN'S PHO NOGRA PHI) MANUAL. Free by post, is. 6d. HO R THA ND.-"PIUMAN'S PHONO ►7 GRAPHY forms an exceedingly efficient —probably the MOST efficient —system of Shorthand that exists."—Sir Rowland Hill. IF THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of sny one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion, or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. T , eir world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is. lid. .nd 2s. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. MESSRS. BOTT, JACKSON, AND CO. execute COMMISSIONS on all races throughout the year. Market price guaranteed. Remittances, London and Westminster Bank. Post-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address—BoTT and JACKSON, " Man of the World" Wine Stores, George-street, Camberwell-park, London. MR. C. J. PLUMPTRE, L.ctneer on Profes sional Elocution (Oxford and London), Professor of English Literature and Rhetoric at the Crystal Palace School of Art, the Hyde-park College, &a, begs to announce that he has REMOVED FROM ELGIN-ROAD to a more Central Situation, and will henceforth receive his Clerical and other Professional Pupils in Elocution (as well as for 1116 Removal of Stammering, "Clergyman's sore -throat," and other maladies wising from the misuse of the Vocal Organs) at his NEW RESIDENCE, 19, RUSSELL-PLACE, IeIfZ ROY-SQUARE, W. Mr PLUMPTRE'S Classes for Ladies have commenced at the Crystal Palace, and will be held every Friday tilt August. The Ladies' Classes at the Hyde-park College (115, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde park) will, as formerly, be add every Thursday. Terms and Testimonials forwarded on application, by letter, at 19, Russell-place, Fitzroy-square, or at 1, Essex court, Temple. Mr. PLUMPTRE'S "Oxford Lectures on Professional Elocution" are published (price 2s. 6d.), and may be had of the author, o• 01 the publishers, Messrs. J. H. and Jas. Parker, Oxford and London. TROUSERS. —Special attention is called to the WINTER GOODS, and gentlemen who do not mind paying a fair price for a good pair of trousers can depend o n material and patterns that cannot be exllelled, at HAMILTON and REMPTON'S, TAILORS, 105, Strand (opposite Exeter Hall). ELASTIC STOCKINGS and KNEECAPS, for Varicose Veins and Weakness, of a very superior quality, yielding an unvarying support. Instructions for measurement, and prices on application, and the article sent by post from the Manufacturers. POPE and PLANTE, 4, Waterloo-Place, Pall-mall, London, S.W. • No HOME complete without a WILCOX AND GIBBS SEWING-MACHINE. Simple, compact, efficient, durable. and noiseless. Warranted to fulfil all the requirements of a perfect family machine. Prospectus free on application at No. 135, Regent-Street , W.--(ADVT.] Mr. Cobden has re-published the correspondence between himself and Mr. Delane, with a preface Aid a supplementary correspondence between him .elf and the editor of the Daily Telegraph. In his preface, he says :--" Not one epithet has been with drawn, or a denunciatory phrase softened in the following pages, and I leave the impartial reader to say whether, if I had known at, the commencement of the correspondence, all that I now know, some of my expressions might not, with propriety, have been a little more emphatic. I could have commi serated the shock which I have given to the exqui site sensibilities of my censors, it I had not seen with what robust superiority to all the pangs of outraged taste they were able to peruse the scan derous imputations by which my letter was pro voked. For the rest I do not profess to have acquired that steel polish which some of our Saturday' cynics' of the emotionless school of ' Reviewers, and Spectators' would seem to have attained, by which they are enabled to subordinate the feel ings of indignation at the foul wrong to the claims of a glittering rhetoric or the attitudes of the pos ture master." In a letter to the 7e/egeepla which had refused to publish Mr. Cobden's first letter, but afterwards, while still declining to print it, had commented on it, Mr. Cobden writes :—" The ground on which you refused the insertion of my letter was that the latter part of it was personal. Have you really allowed yourself to be persuaded that that was the reason why the limes refused it ? Nothing would have pleased that riper more than to have caught me at a personalty. You can hardly be unaware that what deterred the Times from printing my letter was the allusion I made to an improper, because secret, connection which existed between the conductors of that journal and the dispensers of Government patronage. I repeat that the sole objection to this con nection is its secresy. Tee limes has advocated the system of anonymous journalism on the ground of its necessity for preserving the indepen dence of the writer towards the public on one hand and the governing powers on the other. I 'nave not a word to say against this principle, if it be honestly observed towards brth parties. But my charge was and is that the Times has broken its compact with the public by dropping the mask in presence of those who are the dispensers of the patronage of the state. * * Far from thinking that the class of whom we are speaking should be excluded from the public service, I form a very high estimate of the fitness for legislative and adminis rative functions of those who write for the politi cal instruction of the people. And it is on this account that, while I deny to no one the right of an honest incognito, I regret that the prevalent and perhaps unavoidable habit of anonymous writing in the metropolis should entomb, for 'll practical political purposes, so much of our best intellect, and rob society of the full development of that individuality which, more than all besides, is essential to the progress and elevation of our species. In the provinces the anonymous system has, practically, up to a very recent period, never been in operation ; because there every man's occupation was more or less known to his neigh bours. And if space permitted, I could trace the salutary effect of this upon the political progress of the last generation; for it would be easy to adduce the names of half a score of men, the con ductors of journals in Leeds, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Norwich, &c. to whose able, honest, and energetic efforts, as leaders of public opinion in their several localities, more than probably any other traceable cause, the nation is indebted for its successful resistance to that reactionary spirit, which, from the end of last century down to 1820, ran its course of tyrannical repression and filled all but the stoutest hearts with despair. These men have all passed away but they should not be forgotten. And if, when my friend Dr. Smiles, himself a dis tinguished member of the fraternity, shall have com pleted his biographies of our great discoverers, and improvers in physical science, he should give us a volume of the lives of those pioneers of political pro eress, it will be seen that their triumphs are trace able to something more than an investment of capital in presses and type, with an impersonal editorial staff—that they were in each case due to he open and avowed writing, and the personal ex ,' mple of the individual man, who was living in clear daylight, under the full gsee of his neighbours, whom he was not only stimuiatirg, but leading in the path of duty, and by whom he was in turn cheered and sustained. I might, also, if space -allowed, refer to the advantages which open and ivowed journalism might afford to the electoral body, in the choice of representatives to Par liament. Commons connected with the public press w ho have been elected during my experience, Those members of the House of and who, with the exception of the first-named, were conn ected with provincial journals—Messrs. Miall, Baines, Maguire, Fagan, Lucas, and othere—whate ver may be the differences of opinion as to their views, will be acknowledged by al , who have sat f o remost of their party for been, in n enough to show that I take a politicale rery intelligence ligeamongnin and withm " o n r ut e rh x .e a m l exalted avhvilevwsi having t igd h an most men of the mission of those who instruct the public through the news paper press, and th at, while asserting their title to the most honourabl e posts, I am assailing only a system huddled clandestinely n employments, as the result of a secret and t illicitr by o intercoursew hh they are the Government of the day. And I revert to the into infei r ic with question—has not the country a right to be informed, on my responsibility, and this illicit intercourse has been carried on be tween the limes and the Government P" The Blowing up of the Lotty Sleigh. At a meeting of the Liverpool Town Council, on gaand h Wednesday, some ei interesting pmentof facts relative to the a gunpowder were elicited during ra a discussion which followed the reading of concerning the blow er directl y It was stated that i a n r g ep u o p rt o f f ro t m ha th L e e T t o ty wn sl C ei l g e r h k . , parliamentary or vessel destroyed in tiohaearieahaatdbbyeetnhenoewvinonlaratieonf tohfeany of gunpowder on board i heir placing vessel a opposite the large and town, and that the Board, of Ordnance had no power to order the present magazines to be moved out of the river. The magazines, which are moored about three miles above Liverpool, when full contain up amcloourainntgi thy up wards of 500 tons of gunpowder, and if, by the agency of lightning or any other cause, the powder on' board these vessels exploded, the towns of Liver pool and Birkenhead would ba shaken to their coundation and probably destroyed. Several mem bers urged upon the Council the necessity of deal ing with the matter in an earnest and decided manner. One member stated that some years ago a vessel moored opposite Seacombe took fire when she bad thirty tons of gunpowder on board. The first impulse of the crew was to desert the ship, but finding that they could not launch their boat, they exerted themselves energetically, and ulti mately subdued the fire. Had the men succeeded in gaining the shore when the first alarm of fire was even, an incomparably worse disaster than the recent explosion would have fallen upon Liverpool and Birkenhead. During the month of January, 1863, the quantity of gun powder shipped at Liverpool for the West Coast of Africa alone, amounted to 4,054 packages, contain ing 500 barrels, 290 quarter barrels, 650 kegs, and tour boxes. It was ultimately decided by the Council to refer the matter to the Fire Prevention Committee, to take such steps as they thought pro per, and in the meantime, to watch the proceedings of the Liverpool Mersey Dock and Harbour Board On the subject. We find in a Copenhagen letter the following sketch of General Meza, the Danish commander-in chief:—" The General has descended from a family of Spanish Jews, who settled in Denmark about a hundred years ego. Although more than seventy years of age, he retains many of the qualities which with the bulk of mankind are the happy privilege of youth, and become dimmed long before the green old age he enjoys. In this, es in every other re spect, ho is a worthy oppenent of Baron Wrangel, Prussian general. who is nearly an octogenarian, but was never seen in a cloak, and will head a charge with something like-the fire be exhibited at Waterloo. Herr de Meza was born at Elsinore, the son and grandson of wealthy medical practitioners. At the time of the English attack he entered the the Artillery, and served as an ensign in the bat teries of Frederickshaven during the campaign. On peace being restored, he soon distinguished himself by a knowledge of mathematics, which procured him a place in the School of Artillery, and in course of time made him a teacher in the School of War. In the war of 1848 he obtained a brigade, and was appointed chief of the Artillery. There was hardly an office in the army whose military powers were looked upon with greater distrust by the people as well as the troops. The pedantic and capri cious dogmatist, whose crotchets had been hawked about the capital, and formed the delight of ensigns for many a year, was to encounter ail the disagreeables of war. That he knew more than any , man in the country how to point a gun, and calcu late the flight of a ball, every one readily admitted; but a man who had never allowed a window or a door to be opened, and was wont to appear muffled up to the eyes—a man who was ready to faint on hearing an accent misplaced on one of his favourite French v. ords—did not seem to be the sort of fellow to live in a camp and beat the enemy. However, when it came to the test, Meza unexpectedly re vealed himself in a new character. In the field no one cared less for wind and weather than the morose and hypochondriac general, who, healthy as he was, had considered himself a sickly valetudinarian alt his life. No one was more ready to encounter the inclemencies of the temperature, no one was more exacting in this respect tnan the adorer of can de Cologne and the smelling bottle. In all the more important encounters of the campaign he was at the head of the artillery, indefatigable, and as discrete as spirited and bold. His services at Bau Schles wig, Nippel and Dyppel, won him the applause of the army, and made him a full colonel by the end of the year. On the sanguinary 12 April he took the two Saxon guns, the chief spoil of the war in Danish hands. Having subsequently commanded at Aisen, and garrisoned Fridicia, he took part in the heroic sally in which the Germans were repelled, and relieved the besieged fortress. His excellent conduct on this occasion won him a general's brevet, which a few months later was succeeded by stars, together with his appointment to the command of the ordnance. The re-opening of hostilities in the second half of 1850 found him an invalid ; having undergone a serious operation he was unable to take the field. On the 24th July, however, he fought at Staderup, and the day after shared the honours of Idsted, in the staff of General Krogh. Retreat became necessary, but it was eonducted with con summate skill by our hero, whose reputation in creased amidst the disasters of the day. The troops bad not marched very far, when, bringing the artillery to a stand, and re-forming, he repelled the enemy, and checked the pursuit. At the conclu sion of the war he was named Inspector Royal of Artillery, and in 1858 received the command of the forces in Schleswig, Jutland, and Funen. Having subsequently held command at Copenhagen and Zealand, he had, a month ago, the honour of being sent over to the continent to defend the Denne vverke. His military talents were shared in an eminent degree by Colonel Kaufmann, the chief of his staff. Kaufmann, a Holsteiner by birth, has been in the civil and military service of the king dom for many years, and proved himself a cool and intelligent officer in the war of 1848. Of late be Las acted in various capacities, representing his government in the Diet at one time, and then sub mitting to be sent to Kiel to coerce the university and frighten professors into loyalty." Sentence on the Rev. Mr. Birch. The Rev. Thomas Richardson Birch, found guilty of libel, was brought up yesterday before the Recor der at the Central Criminal Court for judgment. Mr. Collins said he had just a few words to say before sentence was passed. In the first place, then, the prisoner had lost his position as chaplain of Slough Union, and through this conviction he would be unable ever to re-establish himself, and he hoped his lordship would take into consideration his po verty and his present position. With regard to the first letter, he gave his word that he had not writ ten it at all, and the second letter was written in a moment of passion, therefore he hoped that, looking at his position, at the length of time he had been in prison, and the situation which had been taken from him, his lordship would give him as lenient a sen tence as he possibly could. He had a large number of testimonials as to his character, but he thought it was not necessary to produce them. The indict ment which had been preferred against him at Lewes was abandoned, but the letters, the subject of that indictment, would be handed up to his lord ship. The letters were then handed up to his lordship, who, after perusing them, addressed the prisoner, and asked him whether he had any thing to say why sontence should not be passed upon him. The prisoner replied that he could only repeat what his learned counsel had stated, except that he appealed to God that he had never written the first letter complained of ; and he felt that, at the last dreadful day of judgment, He would find him guiltless. The Recorder said he had only one duty to per form, and that was a very painful one. The prisoner had been found guilty of writing both letters, and for that the punishment must be awarded. No doubt there were some circumstances in the case which ought to be considered in extenuation, and there was no doubt that the prisoner had lived in a place of gross immorality ; but if he had thought fit he could have resigned his tutorship as soon as he had learnt the position of the parties with whom he lived. Such, however, was not the case ;on the contrary, he remained a coneiderable time, and, according to the evidence, he had partaken of the prosecutor's hospitality ; and it was not until he was dismissed from tho tutorship that he wrote the letters complained of. In those letters he spoke of the house as being a sink of the grossest vice and iniquity—charges which were not at all just7fied by the actual state of things, and one could not but speak of it as a malicious libel. The Recorder then sentenced him to be kept in prison in her Majesty's gaol of Newgate for six calendar months. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS Dl; E. 'istralia and Mauritius, via Southampton ..Feb. 18. via Marseilles Feb. 12. ,Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet Feb. 3 Jape of Good Hope, Asoension, and St. Helena Feb. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southamptun.l'eb. 18. via Marseilles Feb. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Feb. 11. India k Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 18. via Marseilles Fel.. 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton Feb. 11. via Marseilles Feb. 5. Portugal.... qalta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 11, via Marseilles Feb. 5 Newfoundland Feb. 3. Tort() and Vigo C. S. and British N. America, I,y "Brit. packet.... Feb. 11 by U.S. packot•••• by .V.C. of Africa, Madeira, and TenCeraintiaedianPakl Feb. ..........Feb.F 10. ahamas, via New York ......................Feb. 11, Mexic0................... . ........... ....... Feb. 29. All parts of West Indies, incindi ng Chili, 1-eru, Feb. 29. Califormia. and Liritirh C o i t unbia.. .......... i During the past year the lifeboats of the institu tion had saved 417 shipwrecked persons, and the society had also granted rewards for rescuing 297 persons by shore boat and other means. For these joint services the institution had awarded £1,351, and had expended on lifeboat establishments during the same period £13,819. A reward of £l4 was also voted to the crew of the Scratby lifeboat, called the Prince Albert, for going off and saving the crew of 14 men of the barque Fifth of May, which, during a gale of wind, had been wrecked off thsborough Knoll, Norfolk. A. reward of £l4 was also voted to the crew of the Rigger Dauntless, of Kingsdown, for rescuicg, at much risk of life, the crew of four men of the Hano verian galliot Cornelia, which, during a heavy gale of wind, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. The institution decided to station new lifeboat at Greencastle, at the entrance on Londonderry har bour, and at Dunbar. The following legacies have recently been left to ,he institution, viz.:— The late David Campbell, Esq., of Rothsay, £100; the late Richard Spence, Es.q., of Gower-street, £2OO ; and the late Mies Emma Eeate, of liensitig ton, £3OO. A " Friend" had sent the institution £lOO for Cie pret,ervc.tion of his wife for another year. It was reported that It3bcrt Whitworth, Efq., of the firm of the celebrated gun manufacturers, of Mta.chester, had recently collected from his friends, and others in that city, the cost of two lifeboats, and nearly £lOO a year for their future mainte nance. Payments, &mounting to £663, having been made on various lifeboat establishments, the proceedings .erminatcd. THE SHAKSPERE TERCENTENARY, It seems that the committee at Stratford-on-Avon have got into a serious misunderstanding with Mr. Phelps. From the correspondence which Mr. Phelps has published (and for the insertion of the whole of the documents composing which we rrgret we have not space) it appears that he was applied to early in December last to take part in the dramatic perfor mances at the festival in April next. To this request Mr. Phelps accedel, and on the 16th January he received a letter from Mr. Bellew, on behalf of the Stratford Committee, proposing that he should un. dertake the part of lachimo in the play of " Cymbe line." To this proposal Mr. Phelps gave an indig nant refusal, and Mr. Bellew replied, offering to get up " Macbeth," " Othello," or any other play of Shakspere's that would be mere acceptable to him, except " Hamlet," the part of Hamlet having been offered to another gentleman. In reply to this, Mr. Phelps wrote the following letter, which we may leave to speak for itself: — "My dear Sir,—l claim the right, upon the follow ing grounds, to be considered the foremost man in my profession in a demonstration meant to honour Shakspere. I have produced worthily 34 of his plays, which no individual manager ever did before. They were acted in my theatre 4,000 times, daring a period extending over 18 years. I acted to tae satisfaction of a large English public all his heroes —tragic and comic—and to that public I shall appeal, and publish this correspondence. The Stratford Committee have insulted me by asking any man in this country to play Hamlet on such an occasion without having first offered a choice of characters to yours faithfully, " S. PHELPS. To this letter Mr. Flower, the Mayor of Stratford on-Avon, replied, with a protest against attributing to the committee an intention to insult Mr. Phelps. That gentleman, however, still insisted on his right to play the part of Hamlet, and as his right has not been conceded it seems probable that Mr. Phelps will take no part in the Stratford commemoration. It is understood that it was Mr. Fechter to whom the committee had allotted the part of Hamlet; and it is very much to be regretted that the personal feeling which has manifested itself to so great an extent in connection with the London movement, but which we trust has now subsided, should have been permitted to intrude itself at Stratford-on- Avon. C. J. PLUMPTRE, Esq., having been recently appointed Professor of English Literature, Rhetoric, and Elocution, delivered on the 22d ult., previous to the opening of his class at the Crystal Palace, an introductory lecture on elocution, addressed chiefly to the pupils of the School of Art, Science, and Literature. Mr. Plumptre advocated, with great reason and ability, the necessity of , paying d ue a tt en tion to the art of elocution, especially - in refe rence to reading aloud, and impressed very forcibly upon his audience the necessity ofpayingath correct accent regard and considerations to acquiring• accen t and good enunciation of their native tongue, as could be paid almost invariably in the acquire ment of foreign languages, the successful teaching of the latter being considered to d e p en d ma i n l y on the pure accent of those who u n d erta k e the tas k o f instruction. Mr. Plucnptr e advert e d a l so t o rea di ng aloud in a physiological healthful in the beat medical evidence of view, and brought proof of his assertion that it was a most h as well as for th e r ul exercise, for the delicate robust in constitution. Mr. Plumptre's scholarship endto high or literary dilate further attain ments render it quite unnecessary his lectu re on on his ren d er ing of Professor Av toun's "Death of Montrose" and Tennyson's "Lady C :are , n Was with tno a which cff ire t i h v e e , andclosed s h w i his lecture. ll.cui ti. wired fits delivery e was modulated with exq trite taw e throughout. CARMARTIIENSHIRE HUNT AND STEEPLE- CHASE MEETING.-THURSDAY. The County Members' Plate of 50 BOW?, added to a tranclif_ss:, sweepstakes of 8 sous each. Four miles. Mr Powell's Annie Laurie, aged, lOst (J. Pope) it Mr Powell's Ace of Hearts, aged, 13st 31b (ia. 101 ex.) (Davies) '2 Mr Holman's De Ruyter, 6 yrs, list 2ib (G. Holman) t'-3. Mr Riddell's Carew, aged, lOst Sib . .. (Owner) Fenton and Mountain Lass also ran. Betting-2 to 1 aget De Ruyter, and 3to 1 agst Ace of Hearts and Annie Laurie, coupled.—Won by 20 lengtbe. Bad third. The Ladies' Plate of 25 sovs, added to a selling stale„ ei 2 sovs each ; selling allowances. About two miles. Mr Riddell's Aunt Sally, aged, 11st 7lb (Ownat) 1 Mr Powell's Miss Nightingale, aged, lOst 71b (T. Davie.) 2 The following also ran :—Cumberland, reception, gents, and Jack. Betting-5 to 4 agst Miss Nightinga!e, 2to 1 opt ./14ra; Sally, 5 to 2 agst Jack, and 5 to 1 agst Magenta.—Won by two lengths, only two passing the post. The winner was bought in for 106 guineas. The Hunters' Stakes of 3 boys each, with 39 added, fu: horses that have been regularly hunted; four - ye:-olds, . __ _ 10it 71b; five, Ilst 51b; six aad agjd, 12st ; winrcrs. extra. About three miles. Mr Powell's Annie Laurie, ritr„ed, 12st lib .... (J. Pope) I Mr Lort-Phillips's Jack, agect, 12st 7lb (G. Stfwens) 2 Carmarthen, !Ost 121 b Mr. Harries's ‘l 7 hisperer, 6 yrs, 12st 71b.... (T .Davies) 0 Betting-6 to 4on Annie Laurie, 2to 1 ag6t Whirperer, and 3to 1 agst Jack.—Won by three lengths. Bad third. RACING FIXTU: FEBT LITARY. Birmingham Harrow Chelmsford MA. Nottingham Spring Derby Spring Liverpool Shrewsbury Doncaster Spring AP: Croxton-park 1 Edinburgh Spring .. 2 Abergavenny Thirsk 5 ES FOR 1864. Lincoln Spring liungerford Warwick IG Durham Northampton 29 Catterick... 3O Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven Newmarket First Spring Bank of England Return,•--Last Evening. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victor:, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 3d day of Feb., 1864: ISSUE DEPA_RTMENT. Notes issued .......£27.275,985 Government Debt X11,015,1(0 Other Securities .. 3,634,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,(1,985 Silver Bullion .... £27,275,085, £27,275,9851 BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- Government Sc- C- rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) £ll,l 24,554 Other Securities 20.211,750 Notefi Gold and Silver 67745 Coln counts) 6,748,867 Other Deposits 13,372,981 Seven Day and other Bills 606,974 £38,736,927 M. 3 X38,736,,4, .R.SIIALL, Chief Cashier. F•b. 4, 1804. The accounts received from Cochi n -Chi na, says the Pays, are quite satisfactory, the m ost perfect some The eho a r a t ra t i i n m is e trat sinceibtry the French. i anquillity re prevailin , g in the p rov i nces occupiet: he symptom s of insurree ion hwhich completely showed themselves disappeared. is occupied in promoting agriculture, and in plerAng French rule on a soid footing. The Goveruu:cnt of Hue appears to be 'well disposed to resp • treaties. 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